Friendly League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rowan Tyler kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afanasiy Mamichev to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Феникс Санкт-Петербург's zone, Roger Crossley stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Qiu Zheng Ning came out of the goal and Roger Crossley tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Феникс Санкт-Петербург getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Marat Bolshakov hit a great ball. In the 18th minute, Tudor Sălcudeanu made a precise shot to the right of Ivan Stone. T H F C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Liu Jie fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Stone having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rowan Tyler got free with Qiu Zheng Ning in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Josue Ayala, 28 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Sergey Kachalov's late challenge caught a T H F C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sergey Kachalov helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Crossley in the 36th minute of play forced Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goalkeeper Qiu Zheng Ning to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qiu Zheng Ning took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lee Walton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Qiu Zheng Ning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lee Walton, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After 41 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Sergei Ignashevich. After having played for 41 minutes, Roger Crossley managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. T H F C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roger Crossley was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Afanasiy Mamichev kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tudor Sălcudeanu made a kick off. Qiu Zheng Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rowan Tyler in the 58th minute of play. Qiu Zheng Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lee Walton in the 60th minute of play. Qiu Zheng Ning made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rowan Tyler in the 64th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Rowan Tyler came free, but Qiu Zheng Ning reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ash Mortimer's late challenge caught a Феникс Санкт-Петербург's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ash Mortimer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute, Ash Mortimer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute Rowan Tyler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zheng Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Qiu Zheng Ning showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rowan Tyler, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 77th match minute, Феникс Санкт-Петербург was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Josue Ayala to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute Rowan Tyler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qiu Zheng Ning saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, T H F C's goalkeeper Ivan Stone had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Viktor Bashenin. Qiu Zheng Ning showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rowan Tyler in the 89th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Sergey Kachalov got a free kick in the 91st minute. The T H F C supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Феникс Санкт-Петербург's performance. The match ended with a win for Феникс Санкт-Петербург.